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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Armstrong A vs. Bray (corrected)
I don’t have the result card yet, but with 7 games played last night, Rathmines are leading 4-3. drawing 3.5-3.5 (Peter Cafolla is due to play Colm Daly when the Olympiad is finished.) Leon and Darren won. Leon had a … Continue reading
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Olympiad Update (Wed 2.10pm)
Well done to Una O’Boyle, who has just turned around a game where she was a piece down with – seemingly – no hope! She persevered despite the odds and eventually produced a series of queen-side pawns which black’s knight … Continue reading
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Armstrong B team win against Dublin
Rathmines ‘B’ vs Dublin, played Monday 27th September, 2010. Tomas Skrzypnik 2048 0.5-0.5 Jonathan O’Connor 2111 John Aherne 1759 1 – 0 Lubmoir Mishkovski 2031 Tony Bermingham 1772 0 – 1 Martin Schmidt 2013 David Goggins 1751 0 – 1 … Continue reading
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Olympiad update (Monday 1.45pm)
The Irish women have run out 4-0 winners against Seychelles. The standard of play, particularly on boards 1 and 4, was abysmal. Just look at board 4, where Nicky Benson was four pieces up without breaking sweat and her opponent … Continue reading
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Olympiad update (Sunday)
Sunday is a rest day. In round 6 Ireland’s women will play the Seychelles. Ireland badly need a win to lift themselves off the bottom of the table, but they’re finding some form with 3.5/8 points in their last two … Continue reading
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Olympiad, Saturday
Another brilliant day for the Irish men’s team, currently at 3-0 (this is 1.30pm) with David Fitzsimon’s game still ongoing and looking, to me, at least a draw. Here’s an interesting photo of the Russia 1 vs Ireland game taken … Continue reading
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Thanks to John Delaney!
The first of what we hope will be a series of lectures on chess began last night. John delivered an interesting (and some would say controversial) defence of g3 in the Open Sicilian. It was a wonderful start to the … Continue reading
Olympiad update
Ireland’s women kicked off against Korea, with Una taking a break today. We’re already 1-0 down unfortunately. Match 53. Ireland Korea 1. Alfred, Emily – Byun, Sungwon 2. Shaughnessy, Elizabeth – Kim, Taegyeong 3. Hearne, Sarah-Jane – Park, Jin Woo … Continue reading
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John Delaney – reminder
We are delighted to announce that FIDE Master, former four-time Irish Champion and Rathmines club member John Delaney will give a chess talk in the club on Thursday, 23rd September, 2010, at 8pm. The topic will be the Open Sicilian … Continue reading
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Russia (gulp!) vs. Ireland
Ireland drew top seeds Russia in the opening round of the Chess Olympiad (open section). Ireland either got the short straw or the long straw, depending on how one views these things. Russia, obviously, with their incredible chess history and their … Continue reading
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Ennis Civil War results
Here’s the scorecard from the Ennis R1 Rathmines A vs Rathmines B: Bd. Rathmines A ICU# Rating Result Rathmines B ICU# Rating 1 Pat Cosgrave 4978 1478 1 – 0 John Crowley 277 1614 2 Pat Freer 460 1399 0 … Continue reading
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Season starts
The season got off to a start last night, Thursday 16th September with the Rathmines A. vs Rathmines B fixture in the Armstrong. Both teams look new and fresh this year with the return of Sam Osbourne on board 1 for … Continue reading
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John Delaney (FM) Chess Lesson
We are delighted to announce that FIDE Master, former four-time Irish Champion and Rathmines club member John Delaney will give a chess talk in the club on Thursday, 23rd September, 2010, at 8pm. The topic will be the Open Sicilian … Continue reading
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Ratings, September 2010
ICU No. Name Rating 318 Delaney, John (FM) 2238 159 Cafolla, Peter 2031 5104 Delaney, Killian 2016 5722 McCabe, Darren 1889 12148 Janusaitis, Mindaugas 1846 16042 Kalam, Abul 1827 1533 Scannell, Tony 1822 3955 Kennedy, Michael J. 1821 406 Fagan, … Continue reading
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BBC World Radio documentary on chess – worth a listen!
The Friday Documentary Sun, 12 Sep 2010 Will computers end the mystique of chess?
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